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streak along dorsum from base to tornus, upper edge forming two rounded 
undulations which reach half across wing, crest of first suffused with 
blackish ; some scattered fuscous scales and slight suffusion in disc ; second 
discal stigma small, black ; a rather thick dark fuscous streak along termen 
from apex to near tornus, edged anteriorly with some blackish scales : 
cilia dark grey, on costa pale yellow- ochreous. Hindwings grey, paler and 
thinly scaled anteriorly; cilia pale grey, base whitish- ochreous. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in December and February, two 
specimens. 
Nothris dissidens, n. sp. 
§. 19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown centrally tinged with 
lilac-brown. Palpi ochreous- whitish, second joint with basal and supra- 
median oblique dark fuscous bands, thickened with dense scales forming 
a short triangular projection at apex beneath, terminal joint considerably 
thickened with scales, longer than second, base and two oblique sub- 
confluent bands occupying apical § dark fuscous. Thorax brownish. 
Abdomen grey, apex ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, oblique ; 
brownish, sprinkled with dark fuscous ; an undefined streak of whitish- 
ochreous suffusion extending from costa near base beneath costa to costa 
again near apex, enclosed costal space suffused with blackish-grey ; a 
short oblique line of blackish scales almost from base of costa preceding 
this ; some broad grey suffusion along fold, including a suffused blackish 
plical streak from near base to about middle of wing ; discal stigmata 
dark grey, connected by an elongate fuscous spot, first edged with whitish- 
ochreous ; terminal area suffused with grey, streaked with dark brown 
and blackish irroration on veins ; undefined small blackish spots round 
apical part of costa and termen, preceded by small obscure pale ochreous 
spots : cilia fuscous sprinkled with ochreous-whitish, with two darker 
shades. Hindwings with apex obtuse, termen not sinuate ; grey ; cilia 
whitish-ochreous-grey, with grey subbasal shade. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, one specimen. 
Trichotaphe ligyra, n. sp. 
11 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-fuscous. Palpi with second 
joint ochreous tinged with fuscous, with triangular expansion of scales 
above towards apex and short apical projection beneath, terminal joint 
much longer than second, whitish, anterior edge irrorated with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 
faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely 
rounded ; bronzy-fuscous, costal edge dark fuscous ; a more or less 
developed oblique dark fuscous streak from costa near base, reaching half 
across wing ; an irregular blackish-fuscous fascia beyond J, edged with 
pale yellowish, anterior edge straight, posterior convex, broadest in middle, 
where it is centrally suffused with ground colour, hardly reaching costa ; 
an oblique blackish-fuscous fascia from middle of costa, edged with pale 
yellowish, centrally suffused with ground colour in disc, reaching § across 
wing, its apex obliquely truncate ; a slightly incurved pale yellowish 
streak from J of costa to dorsum before tornus, edged posteriorly by a 
blackish-fuscous streak ; some suffused dark fuscous dots round posterior 
